3 Cs to Avoid to Help Reduce the Risk of COVID-19, According to Infectious Disease Expert

Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, health experts have unceasingly recommended ways to avoid getting infected or at least cutting the risk of contracting the virus.

In her U.S. News article, contributor Mary-Claire Roghmann, M.D., M.S. identified the "Three C's to reduce the risk of COVID-19." 

This infectious disease doctor and epidemiologist enumerated "crowds, closed spaces with poor ventilation, and close contact with anyone outside the home" as the three C's to avoid.

Crowds, according to Dr. Roghmann, bring one into contact with a lot of people who could have been infected with the virus even if they don't experience any symptoms.

Just the same closed spaces make it more possible for an individual to inhale the droplets from COVID-19 since droplets are not diluted.

Meanwhile, closet contact through embrace or hug, or even close conversation may also enhance the danger of contracting COVID-19. What's worst is when these three C's are all practiced or present in an individual's activity event.

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Crowds and Crowded Places

Since as of this writing, the United States still has the highest number of verified COVID-19 cases and deaths in the whole world, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that all Americans should stay away from nonessential trips specifically to five countries including South Korea, China, Venezuela, Iran, and Italy.

Furthermore, an alarming number of people who have a vast range of health conditions like asthma, for one, need to be more cautious than the normal situation. 

However, most Americans need not necessarily totally avoid airplanes and crowds, according to experts. Some risk assessment, both on a societal and individual level, might be necessitated.

There may be occasions like conferences, weddings, funerals, and vacations to attend to through plane. The pandemic is transferred through sneezing or coughing, and thus, six feet apart from each other can help lessen the risk of catching droplets from someone else's cough.

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Closed Spaces with Poor Ventilation

In a blog post Biology professor, Erin Bromage from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth wrote, he explained the high-risk settings that could result in COVID-19 contagions.

These environments he mentioned included public transport, workplace, social gatherings, restaurants, and even an individual's home, which, he wrote, as posted in U.S. News, account for 90 percent of transmission occurrences.

Bromage also specified the reason for highlighting these various outbreaks is to show everyone the commonality of outbreaks of the pandemic. 

All these contagion events, he added, were indoors with people in closed spaces with lots of yelling, singing, and dancing.

Close Contacts?

The virus that leads to the pandemic is through the spread, primarily through close contact from one person to another within about six feet.

The virus can spread through droplets from respiratory when an infected individual sneezes, coughs, or talks. 

Recent research has presented that this fatal infectious disease may spread by humans who have not seen the COVID-19 symptoms. This is the reason wearing face mask becomes mandatory in other areas.

It's up to each one in the world to decide the amount of risk he is willing to take to get the virus or possibly infect others if he has the virus. 

For Dr. Roghmann, there is a need for everyone to assess their own individual health risks and their willingness to take safer substitutes against missing out on a rare event such as a golden anniversary party, a wedding, or even a baby shower.

What's clear, Dr. Roghmann explained, is the essentiality of following the three C's to shield oneself and others from contagions while COVID-19 continues.

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